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The organisers of GDC Europe have announced a string of lectures and talks for its 2010 event in Cologne. Rare’s Nick Burton and Blitz’s Andrew Oliver will deliver a lecture on Microsoft’s Kinect entitled: ‘Kinecting with a new audience’, while BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will deliver a …
Read More »Big names line-up at GDC Europe
BioWare to discuss Baldurâ??s Gate and Rare to talk about Kinect at Cologne-base conference
Read More »Dragon Age bigger than Mass Effect
Rob Bartel, the principal designer at BioWare, has told MCV that last year’s PC and console release Dragon Age was the most successful game the studio has ever produced – trumping high-profile sci-fi release Mass Effect in the process. The boast also places Dragon Age above the likes of Star …
Read More »Dragon Age 2 confirmed
Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has finally issued official word on the in-development RPG sequel Dragon Age 2. The game is a fully-fledged sequel featuring a brand new storyline that plays out over the course of ten years and is once again dependent on the in-game decisions of the player. A …
Read More »Dragon Age anime announced
BioWare and EA are teaming up with a leading anime firm to produce a feature film based on the acclaimed Dragon Age franchise. The anime movie will be handled by Funimation, a US distributor of popular anime series such as Dragon Ball Z, Afro Samurai and Full Metal Alchemist. Production …
Read More »Dragon Age anime announced
BioWare and EA are teaming up with a leading anime firm to produce a feature film based on the acclaimed Dragon Age franchise. The anime movie will be handled by Funimation, a US distributor of popular anime series such as Dragon Ball Z, Afro Samurai and Full Metal Alchemist. Production …
Read More »EA to open Irish customer service centre
Publisher EA has announced that it plans to open a new customer service centre in Galway, Ireland that it hopes will help connect owned developer BioWare with its sizable European customer base. The Irish government is supporting the new office, which is hoped will create around 200 jobs when it …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC revealed
EA has revealed first details of its upcoming Overlord DLC pack for Mass Effect, which will be available to download in June. The add-on features new vehicle-based gameplay, combat missions and a story which follows a dangerous AI which has been created by fusing a human with a Geth. Mass …
Read More »BioWare founders to keynote Develop conference
Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk latest high-profile speakers for key UK event
Read More »BioWare rules out Xbox SWTOR
Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has moved to scupper any lingering hopes that in-the-works MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is also lining up a secret arrival on Xbox 360. Talk of said SKU emerged yesterday after an Xbox 360 version of the title appeared on a leaked GAME release schedule. …
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